hadith
5378
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Be a person of much silence without being inarticulate, for indeed silence is the embellishment of the scholar and the cloak [that hides the ignorance] of the ignorant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ صَمُوتاً مِنْ غَيْرِ عَيّ فَإنَّ الصَّمْتَ زينَةُ العالِمِ وَسِتْرُ الجاهِلِ
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